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Hand-coloured engraving showing a skull, jawbone, red head muscle diagrams, and a white and pink hellebore plant with leaves and roots.

Skull, jawbone, head muscles and hellebore plant, engraving

A hand-coloured engraving with a skull and jawbone in the upper part, and cross-sections of head muscles below in red and pink tones. At the bottom, a flowering hellebore with white and pink blossoms, dark green leaves and roots, with small floral details beside it. Printed labels and numbers mark the parts.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1834 and 1837]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2581 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1837.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Vanitas and Memento Morimedical illustrationhand-colored printwellcome collectionbotanical engraving1830s printanatomy illustrationflower illustrationjawbonevintage science print

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